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**AlaskaDenise** · November 21, 2007, 03:49 PM

Re: Saudi Arabia culls 3.5 million birds

also posted as part of Saudi thread here:

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**Thornton** · November 21, 2007, 05:19 PM

Re: Saudi Arabia culls 3.5 million birds

3.5 million birds culled? In UK it is several thousand birds. Indonesia publishes culls of hundreds of birds. This is millions of birds. Seems huge.
jt

**Treyfish** · November 21, 2007, 05:29 PM

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Largest cull I can remember and at one time.

**Theresa42** · November 21, 2007, 08:09 PM

Re: Saudi Arabia culls 3.5 million birds

Originally posted by Thornton View Post

3.5 million birds culled? In UK it is several thousand birds. Indonesia publishes culls of hundreds of birds. This is millions of birds. Seems huge.
jt

Yeah -- it's a lot of birds. But, apparently, poultry production is HUGE in Saudi Arabia -- especially in/around Riyadh. (Who knew?!) Here's some background from a Palestinian newspaper.

Google-translated from Arabic:

Saudi Arabia: Ministry of Agriculture announces the execution of 3.5 million bird
Publication date: Thursday, 22 November 2007

Gaza - minimum homeland

"You cooked chicken and eggs are good, and depart during the current period partially Almthi eggs, and egg wash well."

The impact of those warnings broadcast by the official Saudi television, income dwellers in the capital Riyadh Chamber of anxiety and fear, after the disease was discovered avian influenza poultry projects an Al-Kharj Governorate, to hit a few hours after market especially birds in the town center.

In parallel with these warnings, the Saudi Ministry of Agriculture yesterday, that work is under way for the execution of more than 3.5 million bird, in light of the discovery of other areas in the provinces of the Riyadh region, Talha disease avian influenza.

Two days ago, woke up the population of the Saudi capital, to the sound of tape warning, thousands of viewers across the screen television Channel One official warns of the consequences hunt migratory birds, and calls housewives to deal b warned with the remnants of chicken.

She spark disease avian influenza, having discovered in the November 14 (November) this month, claiming the lives of 1500 bird in the draft poultry Al-Kharj Governorate (south of the capital), executed on the impact of the Ministry of Agriculture, about 50 thousand bird according to the requirements of special precautions.

The Ministry of Health confirmed Saudi Arabia, the safety 474 workers, were transactional relationship with the patient contracted the bird flu. The results of all laboratory samples have been taken from contacts negative of the avian influenza virus (H5N1).

Since the discovery of avian influenza disease in the world in 2003, has recorded only 335 wounded humanity. The Dr. Khalid Marglani Spokesman Saudi Ministry of Health, that the chances of transmission to contacts of birds "very weak", pointing to the limited transmission of the disease from infected birds to man.

For which the Ministry of Health here, a record free of charge, to receive inquiries on the general situation of the bird flu disease. He told Marglani "Middle East": Everyone should know that there are things banned Currently, such as food Almthi in part.

And you believe in the Ministry of Health, which constitute an important element in the Higher Committee formed a few days ago to follow up on the general situation for the bird flu disease, vaccines against the disease value exceeded the 25 million Saudi riyals.

Said Dr. Marglani: that the Tammivlo a private medicine Avian, falls within the preventive and curative medicine at the same time.

Pledged to the World Health Organization, according to Marglani providing vaccines [anti-virals] for the disease, within 48 hours, after the emergence of the first human infection contracted the bird flu.

The focus of disease symptoms of avian influenza, was injured person warm high, and a lack of breathing, wheezing in the chest. Club Spokesman Ministry of Health, the need to review the person to the nearest hospital if he was one of these symptoms.

The Ministry of Health has called on citizens and residents, no friction [contact with] birds living. She stressed the importance of cooking birds and eggs well in a temperature of not less than 70 degrees Celsius before dealt.

In spite of the emergence of the avian influenza disease in one province of Al-Kharj farms, but the disease did not extend to the rest of preserving farms, as confirmed Majid manufacturer's one of the largest poultry farms in the province, said the disease did not extend to his farm, affirming the safety of the rest of the farms surrounding the place where he was discovered disease therein.

The Ministry of Agriculture Saudi Finally, a visit to the manufacturer's farm and other farms, and worked for analysis and tests, which proved the safety of all poultry farms. He said Majed manufacturer "We have had preventive measures applied in farm without disease transmission of avian influenza to."

And as far as a specialist in poultry industry, the losses resulting from the execution of 3.5 million birds in Saudi Arabia so far, with tens of millions of riyals. However, he stressed the difficulty of determining No. certain, given the multiplicity of types of birds used in the food and feed.

The Agriculture Ministry imposed the Saudi items preventive security to a large number of farms and projects surrounding the projects affected.

The transfer of the manufacturer, for those affected by the avian flu disease, claims right for Tyoram that have been destroyed, within preventive plans being pursued by government agencies here, to take control of the epidemiological situation, and to curtail the narrowest scope.

Al "Middle East" that there is a high directives, compensate the owners of projects which struck poultry disease avian influenza, which was confirmed by Dr. Fahd Bulgnim Agriculture Minister day before yesterday in a television interview.

He warned Majed manufacturer, the owner of poultry projects "Valley", of the consequences of the symptoms of consumers from buying chicken and eggs at the present time, which may lead to huge losses incurred producers, add to the losses suffered by those affected by the disease. There is in Saudi Arabia, 341 projects for the production of poultry, produce nearly 480 million chickens. Received poultry industry, government facilities, such as: provision of soft loans and free land and subsidies of agricultural equipment and fodder. In Riyadh alone, and discovered that the bird flu disease, there are 94 million chickens, amid news argued that the disease may be discovered in the province of Hafr al-Batin, which I saw yesterday Nfoka some Tyoraa, while the number of projects poultry Riyadh region more than 108 projects.

The poultry industry, one of the pillars of the agricultural sector, which reached its production domestic product in 2005 to more than 38 billion Saudi riyals.

A Saudi, a supreme committee to follow up the developments of the avian influenza disease, and ensure the safety of all persons contacts of infected birds.

And describing the current situation in Saudi Arabia, the first phase of the "pandemic" world, and emphasizes the need to prepare instructions of the pandemic, through activating committees early willingness to fight epidemics areas, epidemiological surveillance, and the modernization of the national plan for combating global developments, as with coordination with the World Health Organization and other relevant organizations, and educating citizens and residents about the disease and ways to move and prevention, and provide adequate quantities of anti-virus properties, and provide adequate quantities of vaccine for human influenza, and to provide drug and vaccine can be qualitative at the industry globally. Globally, the world is now, in the third phase of the "pandemic" concentrated preventive measures to control the epidemic situation of the disease and to collect better information about, particularly changes in the behavior of the virus, as well as ready-fascist world.

The aim of the national plan in place in Saudi Arabia, to prevent illness and hospitality avian influenza, through tightened preventive action to prevent the virus entering the country, and no human cases of sick, and contain or delay the spread of the disease and reduce morbidity, mortality and social unrest in the event of a pandemic.

The plan consists of 13 component, which seeks to epidemiological surveillance of the disease, laboratory surveillance, vaccination, the use of the property Altammivlo for the prevention of bird flu disease, activating the role of health areas, health education, community participation, infection control in hospitals, treatment, coordination with the governmental organizations, non-therapeutic intervention to curb the spread of the disease, and other elements.

Been allocated 27 million riyals in Saudi Arabia to secure, the human influenza vaccine, and to provide a reserve stock of vaccine for use in emergencies such as the pilgrimage season, as antiretroviral insurance, and to provide a contingency stock of antiretroviral type Aoseltamifir (Tamiflu) in the form of powder (drink) or capsules With no stockpile of laboratory reagents for use when necessary.

Require future needs, allocating $25 million Saudi riyals to provide medicines, and the allocation of 10 million riyals to support other laboratories, and the allocation of 25 million riyals to secure the future vaccines discovered, and 4 million riyals to secure supplies personal protection (PPE) and health education activities.

The selected laboratories in three major areas of Saudi Arabia where the samples are tested, namely: central laboratory in Riyadh, Jeddah regional laboratory, the laboratory Regional Bdamam, with trained specialists from the laboratories in the laboratories Namro 3, in coordination with the Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean for the World Health Organization.

السعودية: وزارة الزراعة تعلن إعدام 3.5 مليون طائر

http://www.alwatanvoice.com/arabic/news.php?go=show&id=111651

صحيفة الكترونية مهتمة بالشأن الفلسطيني والعربي ، تضم عدة أقسام متنوعة تتناول الشؤون العربية والدولية والشأن الفلسطيني وأخبار الاقتصاد والرياضة والثقافة والفن والعلوم.تواكب دنيا الوطن الأخبار العاجلة والأحداث المتلاحقة حيث يتم تحرير دنيا الوطن بشكل آني على مدار الساعة

**Treyfish** · November 21, 2007, 09:36 PM

Re: Saudi Arabia culls 3.5 million birds

Great story T42!It would take half an army to kill that many chickens!

**HenryN** · November 21, 2007, 09:52 PM

Re: Saudi Arabia culls 3.5 million birds

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="100%" border=0><TBODY><TR><TD>Kingdom Culls 3.2m Birds to Stem Avian Flu
Mohammed Rasooldeen & Galal Fakkar, Arab News</TD></TR><TR><TD> </TD></TR><TR><TD>RIYADH, 22 November 2007 ? A total of 3.2 million birds on 10 farms have been culled as a preventive measure to curtail the spread of the H5N1 avian flu, Agricultural Minster Fahd Balghunaim said in a television interview that was aired on Saudi television yesterday. ?Birds in seven farms in Riyadh where the virus was detected were culled. The chickens in another three farms were also culled because the farms are situated hazardously close to the farms where the virus appeared first,? Balghunaim said.
The minister assured farmers who lost huge investments in the poultry sector would be adequately compensated by the Agriculture Ministry in line with the directives issued by the Council of Ministers.
The minister explained that the preventive measures adopted by his ministry included burning infected poultry. The chicken feed and other leftovers were also burned and the farms were sanitized.
Remedial actions are being taken by the ministry through a national committee in cooperation with the World Health Organization and World Organization For Animal Health to confront the problem.
The minister attributed the outbreak of the virus in the Kingdom to migratory birds. The Kingdom is part of the flight route of millions of birds migrating from Central Asia and Eastern Europe to Africa.
?We have even restricted the import of all kinds of birds, including canaries and lovebirds, and a strict ban on hunting of birds is currently in force,? said the minister. Falcons are allowed in to the Kingdom after passing through quarantine.
The minister also warned against people buying live or slaughtered chicken of unidentified origins. The minister said the bird market in Riyadh was being shut down because the market has not fulfilled hygienic standards.
According to a statement by Mohammed Zaid Al-Julaifi, director general of Animal Resources at the Ministry of Agriculture, yesterday: ?Birds were culled in farms in Al-Kharj, Durma, Muzamiyah Al Hayati and Al Aziziyah poultry market in Riyadh as a preventive measure. He explained that poultry in the radius of 5 kms from any farm found with the virus have been destroyed.
While refuting rumors that humans were affected by bird flu in the Kingdom, Al-Julaifi said that the national committee has intensified its efforts to see that farm workers are properly protected from the virus. Early this week, officials from the Ministry of Health examined poultry farm workers in the Kingdom; they tested negative for bird flu.
Adults and children are advised to keep away from birds and not to hunt birds living on land and water. They have been warned not to touch dead birds without gloves.
Al-Julaifi said that the export of poultry has been suspended due to the current situation. He said he hoped the situation would ease in coming months.
The ministry called upon the public not to have direct contact with live birds and said chicken and eggs should be cooked properly before eating to avoid infection.
There are more than 340 licensed poultry farms across the country and they produce nearly 480 million birds annually. Total investment in the industry is estimated at more than SR40 billion.
Avian flu outbreak has sent shockwaves among businessmen who have invested in the industry as they fear that it would affect their business. Many poultry shops have reported declines in sales and some have frozen their chicken to avert big losses.
The public has been called on to inform authorities about suspected bird flu cases by contacting 01-403-0911.

Arab News

http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1&section=0&article=103838&d=22&m=11&y=2007

Established in 1975, the Saudi-based Arab News is the Middle East’s newspaper of record and the biggest English language daily in the Kingdom.

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**Anne** · November 22, 2007, 08:08 AM

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my first tentative to translate arabic
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http://www.alwatan.com.sa/news/newsdetail.asp?issueno=2610&id=30023

Meanwhile, Minister of Agriculture Dr. Fahd Balgnim that all poultry had been destroyed in the bird market in Riyadh or in the seven affected farms hit 3 million a bird so far and will be offset by the owners of nearly 80% of the cost.
A Balgnim told the "homeland" to discuss the subject of his ministry yesterday general prohibition on the import of poultry Saudi imposed by some GCC countries, particularly Kuwait and the UAE, and discussed the possibility of limited only to areas of infection any other, noting that his ministry rose to the secretariat the Gulf Cooperation Council request to discuss the matter with the ministers of agriculture Gulf.
He stressed that the Kingdom rose Balgnim report on the disease to the World Health Organization animal (or any) as the agreements concluded with them to take formal action, with the Kingdom as a registered organization by the avian influenza disease.
For his part, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Agriculture for research and development of agricultural official Saudi Agricultural file WTO, Dr. Abdullah Abdullah bin slave to convention proceedings on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (S Biya S) of the World Trade Organization, which govern business dealings between the Member States, provides that any prohibition applied neighboring countries on the import of chickens should be specific areas of infection only, while allowing importation from other regions not affected, indicating that the Kingdom and the Gulf states all members of this organization.
The slaves that the disease remains confined to specific areas has spread to all parts of the Kingdom, saying: Houllier did not only seven projects have been countless their full, pointing out that the number of projects related to poultry industry in Saudi Arabia more than 341 projects, producing a rate 65% the size of self-sufficiency in the Kingdom, the share of Riyadh which 108 projects.
He explained that the Kingdom of slaves were to enter the eye disease avian influenza (high intensity) for a long time especially as they subcontinent, covering an area of significant and long coasts, and avian influenza disease of the most important causes of transmission of avian migratory birds and transfer of all types, and the infection and others arrived close to the Kingdom.
The slaves that the poultry sector in the Kingdom sector is a newly developed and used best and the latest techniques and most Kuchma poultry projects have sufficient awareness for the management and prevention and conservation projects.
He explained that the ministry had responded rapidly in the siege of the disease and to take the necessary action in handling the media, transparent and quick response and cooperation entrepreneurs patient was positive and successful, explaining that the full execution of projects in the affected herd does not mean that all the infected chickens as a precautionary measure, but a necessary and important role in such cases.
He called slaves citizens not to worry and not to abandon the consumption of poultry farms infected since been disposed of Doajnha, production represents only a very limited proportion of the total domestic production, and the virus of the disease is not transmitted to humans only casually infected poultry, and that these viruses die cook with the high temperature.

At sites around the premises injury
Agriculture: Disposal of birds in a radius of 10 km

RIYADH: homeland
The Ministry of Agriculture yesterday emergence of new infections Avian market in the bathroom and guest houses located south of the city of Riyadh. She stressed in a statement yesterday that he was taking all necessary measures and precautions necessary, as the emergency plan for this disease, with the execution of all existing birds and disposal methods used sound technical and clearance of sites, as a comprehensive survey of the area adjacent to the sites to make sure there are no other injuries, according the emergency plan to cope with this disease have been disposed of birds found in locations around the sites of infection within a radius of ten kilometers, the total number of birds were being disposed of more than 3.5 million since the emergence of bird scored the first on 2/11/1428.
The Ministry of Agriculture on breeders and poultry producers to intensify the application of preventive measures precautionary preventive security and to take all necessary precautions, as well as owners of farms raising poultry put in places closed to ensure the non-arrival of migratory birds into barns or warehouses feed or water cooling, as well as the need for owners projects and citizens and residents to report immediately any case of suspected or death of birds through contact with the ministry's operations room phone (014030911) or the nearest branch of the Ministry of Agriculture and recalled the need to adhere to non-hunting migratory birds of all kinds by any means in order to avoid friction and exclusivism effect may be infected.

Continued market clearing birds and egg dishes withdrawn from the shops to "Dirab Riyadh"

Riyadh: Al-Harthy Mu'id
Confiscated Joint Commission to combat avian influenza quantities of eggs evening, the day before yesterday in a number of shops located southwest region Dirab Riyadh-6 kilometers from the capital-a region located on the road leading to Mzahmia, in a precautionary fact that the region adjacent farm discovered the influenza cases birds days ago.
In the shops in the capital did not apply this procedure and continued sales of eggs as usual and remained conservative on the previous price ranging between 10 and 13 riyals for applied by the responsible place simulations, Habib Allah existence, pointing out that the sales were not affected by the news of the discovery of avian flu in the capital, and its impact in the coming days expectation "of a" high price to be slightly affected by the interruption of some farm work after the discovery of cases of the disease in Doajnha.
Another aspect of the continued difference competent market clearing birds Azzizziyah South Riyadh work for the fourth consecutive day after the entry of bird flu found him, and focused cleansing yesterday to withdraw the remainder of the birds and start dealing with fodder and grain and supplies for birds, which contained shops market closed for three days .
The movement emerged from the persistent problem of dealing with the market such as agriculture and the health of the environment, health, police and protect wildlife where shops closed and open disclosure house, with a staff register data for these shops and their contents amid expectations of the workers there to begin destroying fodder and grain and funds within the shops open as Saving to remove anything related to infected birds or their exclusivity.
And life seemed normal in locations close to the market, and Shoppers roam the streets and shops surrounding him without any change in the pattern of daily life, Fbmhamah market in both the eastern and northern no market sheep, vegetables and fruits and resorts on the market only a few hundred meters and the two seemed to commercial traffic as usual.

The absence of a "culture of disease" weakening demand for wearing protective respirators

Riyadh: Al-Harthy Mu'id
A number of workers in pharmacies located on the road leading to the bird market in Riyadh weak demand for the purchase of protective respirators, which advises the competent authorities suit when entering the sites infected with the disease, including the bird market south of Riyadh, stressing the absence of "a culture of disease" among the population and the lack of commitment by many of them these tips that commitment can contain the disease and ensure that no transmission to them.
I am surprised charge of the pharmacy in Riyadh, Dr. Hatem Awadallah, weak demand for wearing respirators these days when people contact with poultry or who decide to enter the sites discovered cases of bird flu disease, and said that in times begin a wave of dust in the capital frequented dozens of customers daily for prevention the impact of dust on their health and sometimes runs out of the store Gags result of customer demand, while not care about these avian influenza disease despite that necessary precautions to prevent it and assist the competent authorities in containing it.
A citizen Bandar Almcili on that by saying that it is difficult to wear protective respirators all the time, and said that only developed Hmagh on his nose or "beating hit" when it is the streets leading to his house near the market, birds and sometimes simply close the car's windshield even beyond the site, acknowledged taking default necessary precautions and lack of commitment to the advice of doctors to wear protective respirators, and said that the leaders of curiosity to find some time to watch the workers who are engaged in clearing the market of the bathroom the day before yesterday without wearing protective respirators, and expressing his confidence in the efforts of the competent authorities and clearance of the site to ensure the health and safety of the population.

Hospital part of getting ready to face bird flu disease

Part: Muhammad Visage
Yesterday Director of Hospital preserve part of the Acting Nasser Rashid net meeting in preparation to face the bird flu disease in the hospital hall meetings, the meeting brought together both maintaining regional supervisor Dr. Samir Alhsni delegates and participants from some government departments governorates, municipal, agriculture, police, civil defense and Red Crescent Societies regarding the early preparations to face the disease and avian influenza identification tasks each of the tasks and duties in the event happen.

Branch Agriculture terminate inspection 90 poultry farm & Saturday

**sharon sanders** · November 22, 2007, 09:02 AM

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Anne - Merci.

Thanks to everyone who is investigating this.

Merci ? tous ceux qui ont ouvert une enqu?te sur cet.

Gracias a quienes est? investigando este.

**Theresa42** · November 23, 2007, 12:33 AM

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Thanks, Anne!

**Shannon Bennett** · November 23, 2007, 10:45 AM

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Anne, a tremendous amount of work and we all appreciate a job well done. High /\ five!

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